Community Collaboration – Bruce Coville

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$12,756

Project of

Southeastern Libraries Cooperating Legacy Grant SFY 2012 - SFY 2013

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Stewartville Public Schools

Recipient Type

K-12 Education

Status

Completed

Start Date

February 2012

End Date

March 2012

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Counties Affected

Houston

Olmsted

Winona

Project Overview

This grant brought acclaimed children’s author Bruce Coville to several libraries in southeastern Minnesota. He performed up to three presentations per day. The sessions detailed the creation of a book from the beginning of the idea until the time the manuscript is sold to a publisher. With younger children he focused the talk around The Foolish Giant, his first picture book. For older classes he used The Monster's Ring. The presentations included a fair amount of humor, addressed questions of creativity, where ideas come from, and discussed issues regarding editing and rewriting. It also included time for questions and answers.

Project Details

1467

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

The following are members of the SELCO/SELS Board of Directors. All appointments are made locally by legally constituted governing authorities: library boards, city councils, and/or boards of county commissions. Leo Aeikens - Albert Lea, Sally Baker - Austin, Martha Hauschildt - Brownsdale, Liz Wanschura - Caledonia, Carol Price - Cannon Falls, Denise Mullen - Chatfield, Nancy Smith - Dodge Center, Clint Patterson - Dodge County, Mary Jane Holland - Faribault, Judy Webster - Harmony, Kurt Carlson - Hokah, Marilyn Frauenkron Bayer - Houston, Lori Hopkins - Kasson, Rhana Olson - Kenyon, Robin Yaffe Tschumper - LaCrescent, Andru Peters - Lake City, Barb Payne - LeRoy, Robert Elliott - Lonsdale, Deanna Larson - Mabel, Robert Bruce - Northfield, Thomas Sherman - Olmsted County, John Pfeifer - Owatonna, Kim Aarsvold - Pine Island, Mary Schneider - Plainview, Charles Sparks - Preston, Sara Hoffman - Red Wing, Galen Malecha - Rice County, Diane Moench - Rochester, Valerie Hasleiet - Rushford, Jill Mueller - St Charles, Pat Falbo - Spring Grove, Carol Gross - Spring Valley, Janice Welch - Stewartville, Judith Schotzko - Wabasha, Dave Harms - Wabasha County, Judy Rusert - Winona County, Ann Goplen - Zumbrota

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

The Legacy Review Committee serves as an advisory committee. The committee shall consist of 11 members representing each county within the SELCO/SELS region, with a majority being current or recent members of the SELCO/SELS Board Of Directors and the remaining coming from the arts and cultural heritage communities. Diane Moench - Olmsted County, Clint Patterson - Dodge County, Gretchen Schade - Fillmore County, Pat Mulso - Freeborn County, Don Regelman - Goodhue County, Drue Ferguson - Houston County, Scott Anderson - Mower County, Marcy Irby - Rice County, Sharon Stark - Steele County, Judith Schotzko - Wabasha County, Jill Mueller - Winona County

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 4

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$12,756

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,878

Direct expenses

$15,634

Administration costs

$327

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.076

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Students will learn the basic of story writing from a published author.

Measurable Outcome(s)

One high school student wrote of her experience: “Overall, I really liked the speaker. […] He really got into the the story and made some parts of it funny, even for us high-schoolers who were listening to him. I learned a lot about how and when he started to like writing, and when in his life he knew he was going to be a writer." Another student, a senior from Spring Grove, responded, “I can tell that Coville truly loves to write. He inspired me to want to write more and I am very thankful for all the tips he gave me." The Stewartville middle school principal, approached Coville and reported that the lunchroom was abuzz with positive discussion “In all my years in education, I have never had the students so excited and pumped up as they are today."

Source of Additional Funds

Austin Public Library, Ridgeway Community School, and Spring Grove Public Schools

Recipient Board Members

The following are members of the SELCO/SELS Board of Directors. All appointments are made locally by legally constituted governing authorities: library boards, city councils, and/or boards of county commissions.
Leo Aeikens - Albert Lea, Sally Baker - Austin, Martha Hauschildt - Brownsdale, Liz Wanschura - Caledonia, Carol Price - Cannon Falls, Denise Mullen - Chatfield, Nancy Smith - Dodge Center, Clint Patterson - Dodge County, Mary Jane Holland - Faribault, Judy Webster - Harmony, Kurt Carlson - Hokah, Marilyn Frauenkron Bayer - Houston, Lori Hopkins - Kasson, Rhana Olson - Kenyon, Robin Yaffe Tschumper - LaCrescent, Andru Peters - Lake City, Barb Payne - LeRoy, Robert Elliott - Lonsdale, Deanna Larson - Mabel, Robert Bruce - Northfield, Thomas Sherman - Olmsted County, John Pfeifer - Owatonna, Kim Aarsvold - Pine Island, Mary Schneider - Plainview, Charles Sparks - Preston, Sara Hoffman - Red Wing, Galen Malecha - Rice County, Diane Moench - Rochester, Valerie Hasleiet - Rushford, Jill Mueller - St Charles, Pat Falbo - Spring Grove, Carol Gross - Spring Valley, Janice Welch - Stewartville, Judith Schotzko - Wabasha, Dave Harms - Wabasha County, Judy Rusert - Winona County, Ann Goplen - Zumbrota